Trolley.



J. FRANKLIN.

TROLLEY.

APPLIOATION IILED MAY 1, 1907.

' Patented Dec 29, 1908,

.' .ITEDSTATES P T JOSEPI'LFRANKLIN; OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

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, Specification of LettersPatent.

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Application fila dliay 1, 1907. Serial No. 374,326.

ful Trolley, of which the following is a specifi cation.

My inventionrelates to-im rovements in a car trolley, and consists o a plurality of poles on which the trolley wheel is mounted,

and means permitting said poles to be low- 'ered to-the fullest possible extent, when oocasion requires. the same, said poles having :their upper members prevented from turning and twisting and also adapting a car to be run in opposite directions without the neces-' slty of reversing the trolley.

It further consists of a trolley wheel or roller' adapted to prevent jumping of the same from the wire-or conductoryand permit it to be conveniently applied to the latter.

Figures 1 and 2 represent partial side elevations and partial longitudinal sections of a trolley car embodying my invention, the members of the same being in difierent positions. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of a detaohed portion of the same on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings: A and B designate trolley poles pivotally mounted on the roof C of a car, respectively at the front and oles projecting towards each other and being joined at the in-' ner ends by means of the frames or ears D,

' which are secured to the poles and the bolt or shaft E, which is passed through the sides of said ears and through the roller or wheel F of the trolley, said roller thus having a common axis on said poles, at what may be termed the center.

Connected with the ears D, is the chain or iece G of flexible material, the same dependmg from the former and having attached to it the ropes H, by which said poles, and consequelitly, the wheel F may be lowered, said ropes ass-ing around the ulleys H on the roof 0 the car as usual, it ldeing noticed that each pole is formed of telescopically fitted members, whereby it may be lengthened and shortened and so assume the position at whiph it may be placed, either raised or lowere 4 Within the tubular member of each pole is the spring J, which latter bears against the and twisting 0 adjacent and of the other member :and so forces out the latter and consequently elevates the wheel F, this beinglimited bythe stoppin or stud K; which passes through-the 'slot Lin the=outer member of-a pole and is secured to the inner member thereof, it being I adapted to abut'against theend of said-slot as a stop, said'fpins also preventing. rotation the sliding :members of the poles, es ecially when in loweredposition.

It will e seen that when-the roller or wheel is to be lowered, the ropes H are drawnas usual, whereby the poles contract orreduce in length and turn towards eachother and descend, carrying the wheel orvroller with it, and allowing the latter andsaid polesto [be foldedclose to the roof of the car and the pulleys H, a matter of'importance in cases where there .is but little is ace :left between said poles and wheel or-rol errandmhearonfiof 'a tunnel, low arch, etc., it being also noticed that the connection G of the cords H, owing to its flexible and yielding nature, presents no serious obstacle to the full, or a proximately full, descent of the poles an wheel or roller, as apparent in Fig. r

When thepoles are to be raised, they are started by the s rings M, which are mounted on the roof an bear upwardly against the underside of the lower portions of the poles, the effect of which is evident.

In order to revent the wheel or roller from jumping the wire or conductor, while also causing it to be conveniently located on the latter when the poles are raised and remain in operative position, 1 form said wheel or roller of two truncated cones F, F joined at their narrow ends, which is at the center of the wheel or roller, thus rendering the latter of considerable width and making the change in the diameter of the same gradual, whereby the wheel or roller is prevented from abruptly leaving the wire 'or conductor, while on the contraryjt 1s certainty.

It will be seen that the chain or piece G j hangs from the ears D below the center of the roller F, and as the latter has its reduced diameter at said center, said chain or piece G in the lowering motions of the poles stretches out and only contacts with sai center when the roller has reached its lowest point, so that the binding with and rubbing of said .chain or piece on said center as the roller descendsis avoided and the roller and vice versa, the trolley may be said to be double-ended, and thus the car may be run in opposite directions without the necessity of reversing the trolley.

While I have specified certain means for carrying out my improvements, I do not wish to be limited exactly to the same, but desire to make such changes as may come within the scope of the novelty involved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent, is:

' 1. In acar trolley, a pole formed of a plurality of telescopic members, one of which is directly pivotally mounted on the car, and the other slidably fitted to the pivotally-mounted member. cooperating means on said members to limit the telescopic movement in both directions and to pre vent rotation and twisting of the members, a roller mounted betwen the adjacent ends of the adjacent members and oppositely tapered from its ends toward the center, a flexible iece having its ends freely connected t ad'acent members and endent therefrom in line with the smaller iameter of said roller, guiding means for ropes on the car between the pivots of the pole members, and ropes passed under said guiding means and loosely engaged over said pendent piece opposite the smaller diameter of said roller whereby binding with or rubbin of said piece against the roller is prevente as the roller descends.

2. The combination with the pivotally mounted telescopic members, of ears supported at the adjacent ends thereof, a roller mounted therein, a flexible member depending from said ears below the center of said roller, pulleys supported beneath the said roller, and a rope cooperating with said pulleys, said roller being reduced in diameter at its center and said pulleys arran ed in vertical alinement with said fiexi le member whereby contact of said flexible member with the roller is prevented as the roller descends.

JOSEPH FRANKLIN. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM HARRY C. DALTON. 

